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Haiti: Martelly administration working to attract investment
As business opportunities in post-earthquake Haiti yield enthusiasm and opportunity, the government commits to passing law to make country more business friendly.
The Haitian government plans to push several critical laws in coming weeks aimed at making the country more business-friendly and lure investments, a government official told hundreds of potential investors Thursday in Miami.
Karl Jean-Louis, executive director of Haiti’s Presidential Advisory Council for Economic Growth and Investment, said there are several laws pending for at least three years before the Haitian parliament that President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Garry Conille hope to have voted into law.
Beginning next week, government representatives plan to meet key parliamentarians in hopes of getting their support as well as travel the country to promote investment opportunities, Jean-Louis said. The laws range from reducing the number of days it takes to incorporate a business to reducing permits for construction, to allowing the construction of condominiums.
